bikkuri bahn Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) Ochanomizu 20 minutes tops. Then go to Ecute Kanda Manseibashi and enjoy the cafe located between the Chuo Line tracks. Akihabara is a short walk away if that area interests you. By the way, the Tokyo Metro museum in Kasai has a nice model of the Ochanomizu station complex. Edited August 2, 2016 by bikkuri bahn Link to comment
railsquid Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 That reminds me, in the arcade in the viaducts underneath the cafe there's a small N-scale model of Manseibashi station as it used to be, and a cabinet with models of most/all of the (commuter) trains which run/ran on the Chuo line. Link to comment
katoftw Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 So we arrive in Japan next Thursday. :) 14THU - Arrive at Narita on pm flight, travel to Chuo-Ku Tokyo 15FRI* - Travel to Higashiyama-Ku Kyoto + 163SAT* - Arashiyama half day itinerary + Randen + Kinkajuki 17SUN* - Osaka Castle + Namba + Dotonbori/Shinsekai (dinner) 18MON* - Otsu 19TUE* - JRW Museum + Kyoto Aquarium + Kyoto Tower + Kyoto Station 20WED* - + travel to Hakata-Ku Fukuoka + Yatai stalls (dinner) 21THU* - Kagoshima + Sakurajima 22FRI* - Nagasaki 23SAT* - Fukuoka + Yatai stalls (dinner) 24SUN* - ?Beppu/Kita-Kyushu/Karastsu/Kumamoto/Itusuki? 25MON* - Travel to Chuo-Ku Tokyo (rest day on train) + Akihabara (dinner) 26TUE* - Mt Fuji 5 Lakes 27WED* - JRE Museum + Tomix World + Modeltrainplus + ?Akihabara (dinner)? 28THU* - Hakone 29FRI - Studio Ghibli + Nakano Boardway + Shibuya 30SAT - Ofuna Kannon + Kamakura + Enoden + Beaches 01SUN - Ikebukuro/SunCity + late pm train to Narita for flight * = 14D JR PASS 5 Link to comment
Yavianice Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 You are off to see a lot of (nice) places! Enjoy! Link to comment
ozstig Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Have a great holiday. 7 weeks until we head off. Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Two days to your holiday! So exciting! Wished I could go too.... Link to comment
katoftw Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Trip ended up looking like this. First 9-10 days were pretty short due to rain and/or family illness. I'll pop up some photos soonish. :) 2nd Japan trip... SEP 2017 14THU - Arrive at Narita on pm flight, travel to Chuo-Ku Tokyo 15FRI* - Travel to Higashiyama-Ku Kyoto + 163SAT* - Arashiyama Monkey Park 17SUN* - Osaka Castle + Umeda 18MON* - Train rides - Tofujuki to Sanjo to Hamaotsu to Ishiyama to Kyoto to Tofujuki 19TUE* - JRW Museum 20WED* - Travel to Hakata-Ku Fukuoka 21THU* - Kagoshima Aquarium 22FRI* - Nagasaki 23SAT* - Sakurajima 24SUN* - Nanzoin temple + canal city + ohori park 25MON* - Travel to Chuo-Ku Tokyo (rest day on train) 26TUE* - Kawaguichiko + surrounds 27WED* - JRE Museum + Modeltrainplus 28THU* - Ikebukuro + SunCity + Aquarium 29FRI - Harajuku + Studio Ghibli 30SAT - Ofuna Kannon + Kamakura + Enoden + Beaches 01SUN - Nakano boardway + Akihabara + late pm train to Narita for flight * = 14D JR PASS Link to comment
katoftw Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Off the back balcony from our Tofukuji house. JR Nara Line. From the front door. Keihan Main Line. 2 1 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Wow you visited Sakurajima! How was it? Interesting choice of lodging there! It seems pretty interesting to be caught in between 2 railway lines! Link to comment
katoftw Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 I really enjoyed Sakurajima. I wish I had more time there. I felt I was rushing. I'd post up more photos, but I'm getting a 4Mb warning although my 1.63Mb clearly is smaller than 4Mb. Link to comment
katoftw Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 5th floor balcony view in Hakata. Surprisingly not that noisy. 3 min walk to Yoshizuka Station. 2 Link to comment
katoftw Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Saw this station from one of Westfalen's previous trips. Had to go and investigate. The rest of Nagasaki was pretty underwhelming. 4 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Interesting station on Nagasaki, the house on the right is basically looking at the station platform.... What a lovely family sitting there waiting for the next train! Link to comment
katoftw Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Kidonanzoin mae Station. About 25 minutes out of Hakata on the Sasaguri Line. Access for Nanzoin Buddist Temple. It has a nice old skool vibe about it. Link to comment
katoftw Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Fujikyu Line - this train was an wooden interior with a bookshelf full of railway related books. I was reading a Eiji Mitooka book about his designs. Well, really looking at the pictures. 2 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) Beautiful train! Lovely to see it in real life pictures! I have the model and always wondered how the real train looks like, esp on the inside! Edited October 4, 2017 by JR 500系 1 Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Sorry to hear nagasaki was a let down, did you do any of the tours in the area? Great photos, thanks for sharing! Link to comment
katoftw Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) 31 minutes ago, JR 500系 said: Beautiful train! Lovely to see it in real life pictures! I have the model and always wondered how the real train looks like, esp on the inside! The little round window at the front there. The floor had a raised box like section so kids could peer through the higher window. It had polished wood floorboards. I love wood floors on trains. 22 minutes ago, Kiha66 said: Sorry to hear nagasaki was a let down, did you do any of the tours in the area? Great photos, thanks for sharing! Didn't do any of the tours. Went to one temple Shofuku-ji and it was seriously run down to a disappointing state. Cost 300 yen to get in to view. We lasted 15 minutes in there as it was small and run down. Chinatown and the shopping districts and area near the fancy stone bridges was just dirty. I guess if I could sum up Nagasaki. It that is more about history of foreigners than it is about Japan. And the whole city seems to be in some form of neglect. Maybe I just have a weird outlook on it. The train ride there and back from Hakata on a 787 and 885 series trains was wonderful. The views around Saga farmlands and along the coastline of Ariake Sea were great though. Edited October 4, 2017 by katoftw Link to comment
Kiha66 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 12 minutes ago, katoftw said: Didn't do any of the tours. Went to one temple Shofuku-ji and it was seriously run down to a disappointing state. Cost 300 yen to get in to view. We lasted 15 minutes in there as it was small and run down. Chinatown and the shopping districts and area near the fancy stone bridges was just dirty. I guess if I could sum up Nagasaki. It that is more about history of foreigners than it is about Japan. And the whole city seems to be in some form of neglect. Maybe I just have a weird outlook on it. The train ride there and back from Hakata on a 787 and 885 series trains was wonderful. The views around Saga farmlands and along the coastline of Ariake Sea were great though. Sorry to hear that, northern Nagasaki prefecture was very scenic, I was only int he city proper for a few hours. There are some amazing islands (over 300) just over the hill from Sasebo, and the omura line was very pretty too. I do agree that the rail lines along the water are some of the best parts about that part of Japan. Link to comment
katoftw Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Yes I would have loved to do the surrounding prefectural areas like Shimabara/Unzen and the Omura Line up to Sasebo. But I only had one day assigned for Nagasaki. Maybe next time. Link to comment
railsquid Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 On 8/1/2016 at 3:36 PM, railsquid said: I suspect the cosplay scene there isn't what it once was. Not that I pass through there on a Sunday very much anyway. As far as Ochanomizu bridges goes, this is the Hijiri-bashi as of last weekend: Hijiri Bridge renovation work by Rail Squid, on Flickr No idea how long that will last. Until December 2017, state as of Sunday: Link to comment
Pashina12 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 On 10/03/2017 at 9:59 PM, katoftw said: Saw this station from one of Westfalen's previous trips. Had to go and investigate. The rest of Nagasaki was pretty underwhelming. I love this scene so much. It screams "model me". 3 Link to comment
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